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Maria Izquierdo
San Juan de los Lagos (Jalisco), Mexico
Archival Overview
Mexican painter celebrated for her lyrical, folkloric compositions, still lifes of folk altars, and circus scenes, who in 1930 became the first Mexican woman to hold a solo art exhibition in the United States.
Biographical Record
Maria Izquierdo (1902–1955) studied at the Academia de San Carlos, where she became the artistic partner of Rufino Tamayo. Rather than grand historical murals, Izquierdo painted intimate, poetic worlds of circus acrobats, Day of the Dead candy skulls, and melancholic rural landscapes steeped in Mexican folk religiosity.
In 1930, she exhibited at the Art Center in New York, breaking international ground for Mexican women artists. Championed by Antonin Artaud as the truest embodiment of Mexico's indigenous soul, she fought courageously against the male-dominated muralist monopoly.
Key Life Milestones
Solo Exhibition at Art Center New York
Became the first Mexican female painter to mount a solo exhibition in the United States.
Praise by Antonin Artaud
Acclaimed by French surrealist Antonin Artaud as Mexico's most authentically spiritual painter.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialMexico City, Mexico